Sokol SF Newsletter - November 2023 |
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Sokol SF Calendar of Events |
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November 4, 2023
Lafayette Community Park Nature Walk
November 4, 2023
San Francisco Symphony
December 3, 2023
Christmas Cookie Baking Workshops at the Orinda Community Center. Save the date. More details coming soon.
January 20, 2024
Sokol San Francisco Annual Meeting at DJ Bistro, Concord. Save the date.
January 24, 2024
Sokol San Francisco Speaker Series.
Save the date.
All event times listed are in Pacific Time
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Sokol San Francisco Monthly Hikes
Help us plan a hike on the Peninsula!
If you have a favorite place for a hike in the Bay Area and would like to lead the hike for our members and friends, please contact us at sokolsfevents@gmail.com
If you have an idea for another activity and would like to organize it,
please let us know at the same email address :-)
Looking forward to hearing from you!
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November Hike
Lafayette Community Park Nature Walk
Saturday, November 4, 2023 @ 10 am
A surprisingly wild little open space in the middle of Burton Valley! The confluence of two creeks with a diverse array of native plants and excellent birding! It is an easy hike little under 2 miles long. A wonderful place to take family walks with kids and dogs.
Directions:
Take St. Mary’s Road to the Lafayette Community Center at 480 St. Mary’s Road. Park in the back, near the tennis courts. You will have the community center on your left and tennis courts on your right.
The bridge where we will meet will be right in front of you. We will meet at 10 am at the bridge. You can look at the first picture after the map in the "More information about the hike" tab.
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A. Dvořák's Violin Concerto
at the San Francisco Symphony
Saturday, November 4, 2023 @ 7:30 pm
SF Sokol members who have already purchased tickets to the SF Symphony - please meet Sokol board member Anastasia Heroldová and her daughter, Lilla, at the Symphony box office entrance. They will greet you with a tricolor lapel pin.
Sight and sound converge in Pictures at an Exhibition as Modest Mussorgsky translates the canvases of his late friend Victor Hartmann into music. Virtuoso violinist Augustin Hadelich brings his eloquent artistry to Antonín Dvořák’s rousing and rhapsodic Violin Concerto.
The concert:
INSPIRATIONS: ART/MUSIC
ARTISTS:
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin
San Francisco Symphony
PROGRAM:
"Latest" [A San Francisco Symphony Commission and U.S. Premiere] - Betsy Jolas
Violin Concerto - Antonín Dvořák
Pictures at an Exhibition - Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Maurice Ravel)
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Our next challenge is here! |
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Dear Sokol Members and Friends,
We are seeking your help in uniting
Art with Poetry, by asking for your illustrations of images evoked by poems previously submitted to our Poetry Competition. In the links below you will find the poems, which are waiting for illustrations.
With that we hope to elevate one beautiful form of art with another.
Let yourselves be inspired by the poems and create an original piece of art adhering to the following criteria: in either color or black-and-white, or just a sketch, we will leave it up to you and your imagination.
We only ask that you submit your illustration in the maximum size of A5 and send it to us in JPG or PDF format.
We are looking forward to seeing your skills. Thank you!
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Milí členové a přátelé Sokola,
rádi bychom Vás požádali o spolupráci a zapojení se do ilustrace básní, našich autorů/účastníků poetické soutěže.
V odkazech najdete básničky, které čekají na ilustraci.
S radostí bychom tak krásné dílo posunuli ještě o stupínek dál.
Nechte se inspirovat básněmi a vytvořte originální umělecké dílo podle následujících kritérií: Ilustraci vytvořte v maximální velikosti A5. Barevně či černobíle, uložený v souboru jako JPG nebo PDF.
Ilustraci zašlete na email:
Těšíme se na Vaši tvorbu a velmi děkujeme za spolupráci.
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Renew Your Membership for 2024
or
Become a Member of Sokol SF
Let's have another action-packed year together
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Dear Sokol Members
- it's that time of the year -
Renew your Sokol San Francisco membership now.
2024 membership dues are $45 and are due by December 31, 2023.
5 lucky Sokol SF members who pay by 11/30/2023 will be entered into a drawing for a $10 gift card to Starbucks!
Drawing will be held at our Annual Meeting on January 20, 2024
at DJ Bistro - mark your calendars!
Please note that our organization is run fully by volunteers who have their families, jobs, and lives.
Make it easier for them and renew on time!
Think about volunteering too!
Thank you for your consideration!
We now accept Paypal & Venmo in addition to a mailed check.
Please follow these steps:
A) renew via mail
using the paper renewal form and a check made out to "Sokol SF".
Sokol SF, P.O. Box 5252, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
B) renew online via PayPal or Venmo
Go to your Paypal or Venmo account.
Send your payment recipient on Venmo: Sokol SF
Do not forget to include your full names of all members you are sending payment for in the message field. If there was a change in your address, phone, and/or email, please add that in the message as well.
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Benefits of Membership include:
- Event Discounts
- Preferred seating at events
- Pre-registration at popular events eg. our Christmas caroling event and winery visits
- Financial stipend to attend American &/or CZ Slets & Festivals
- Monthly newsletter
- Networking opportunities
- Access to educational and cultural programs
- Creating Czech connections
- Opportunities to practice Czech language skills
- Opportunity to earn a scholarship for the Czech School of California tuition
- Financial support toward entry fees to select events
- Lunch at our Annual Meeting
- ....and more
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Ing. Milan Dusatko
July 5, 1943 - March 23, 2023
Po dlouhé nemoci náhle ve spánku odešel dlouhodobý člen výboru Sokola SF a vydavatel Věstníku
A longtime Sokol SF board member and editor of Vestnik passed unexpectedly in his sleep after enduring a chronic illness.
Please read Milan's life story.
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Recap of Past Sokol SF Events
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October Hike
Lafayette Reservoir
October 7, 2023
Boy, it was a hot day!
Ten brave adults, two babies, and a dog walked around the reservoir sharing their stories
practicing or enjoying speaking the Czech and Slovak languages.
We welcomed a new family on their first Czech outing with us! Glad you could join us!
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Czech Heritage Night at the Shark Tank
The San Jose Sharks played the Boston Bruins
Thursday, October 19, 2023
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Thank you to all who joined us to cheer
Czech hockey players.
Over 160 tickets sold!
The San Jose Sharks players who joined us on the ice were Filip Zadina, Tomas Hertl, and Jan Rutta.
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Picnic and Sokolský Běh Republiky
Sunday October 29, 2023
Ryders Park, San Mateo, CA
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Thank You for Joining Us! |
We had many runners in the two youth categories as well as adults running, sprinting, walking, or pushing baby strollers!
All winners of our Poem Competition were presented their awards at this event as well!
Full recap of the event in the December 2023 issue!
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Všesokolský slet je vyvrcholení tělovýchovné činnosti Sokolů, zejména formou veřejných cvičení pro veřejnost. Je společenskou událostí s řadou doprovodných akcí a příležitostí k setkání světového sokolstva. Plánované události naleznete ne ofiiciálni stránce XXVII. Sletu.
We have 15 women from Sokol San Francisco who will be participating at the 27th Vsesokolsky Slet, taking place in Prague in July 2024, performing a 9-minute dance and fitness routine called "Babí leto" and one of us will be practicing with Sokol Los Angeles in routine "Jdi za stestim".
With two in-person practices and many practice hours individually at home behind us, we are pretty much done with Oddil I. (three more to go :-)!
If you would like to learn more about the XVII. Slet in Prague, the program, festivities, performances, history etc... Just click on either the logo above or the link below.
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Czech News & Announcements |
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Thank you to Amb. Jaroslav Olša, Jr., Consul General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles
for all your articles about famous Czechs in California
ANTHONY W. JULIS (1889-1966)
– ČECH Z ALCATRAZU (1. část)
Pro mnoho nových českých imigrantů ve Spojených státech přelomu 19. a 20. století byla služba v armádě jednou z mála šancí, jak se v Americe na začátku uživit. Tisíce z nich si alespoň na několik let vyzkoušelo hraničářský život někde na středozápadě za bojů s indiány, řada jich pak působila v bojích s Mexičany a později se Španěly na Filipínách nebo častěji na Kubě. Pro většinu z nich byla ale vojenská kariéra jenom krátkým před- stupněm pro jiná zaměstnání.
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Note: For those of our subscribers who may not be able to read the Czech language, we recommend using the following online translator developed by researchers at Charles University called CUBBIT: www.lindat.cz/cubbit
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Consulate in LA is Looking for Old Publications
As you likely read in our last newsletter, the Consul General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles is trying to compile the most comprehensive collection of publications and memorabilia of the history of Czechs (and Slovaks) on the West Coast of the United States. Last year, he took over a large portion of Sokol SF's and other private collector's memorabilia, and a portion of those can be found today at the National Museum, Naprstkovo Museum, and the Library of Literature from individuals living in exile, Libri Prohibiti.
This leads us to turn to you, our readers, with an ask -- could you please let us know if you have any old issues of Sokol SF's Vestnik, Sokol Fresno's Vestnik, Sokol Los Angeles's Notes or issues of the Czech Catholic Mission? Moreover, there is also interest in one-off publications, flyers, and photos. If you are willing to donate these items (or allow us to borrow the items to be photocopied), please contact the Consul General directly at CzechConsulateLA@gmail.com or Sokol SF.
Thank you!
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California Czech and Slovak Club
is inviting you to their Christmas Event
Saturday, December 9, 2023 from 12pm to 9pm
Last year we welcomed a big audience and we expect this year to be even more successful.
For that we rented all rooms in Pleasant Hill Senior Center, and besides our dinner and gala, will also host a Czech and Slovak Business Fair and other festivities.
The event will take place on Saturday, December 9, 2023 from 12pm to 9pm and will feature traditional Czechoslovak food and drinks, great entertainment with celebrity guests, St. Nicholas, a raffle, and we are adding an evening of fun, and dancing with a DJ.
The admission fee is $25 You can purchase tickets on Eventbrite by using this link:
Or by calling or emailing us (details are on the linked flyer). The fee covers the price of admission and entertainment. Food, drinks, raffle tickets, and Christmas items can be purchased on-site.
Tell all your friends - we are looking forward to seeing you there!
Pavel and Barbora Soltys
California Czech and Slovak Club
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Important Information for Property Owners
in the Czech Republic
We would like to notify Czech citizens residing abroad or individuals with Czech heritage that, if they possess land in the Czech Republic, it is imperative to register their ownership or ensure the correctness and completeness of the owner's information by the end of 2023. Failure to do so will result in the forfeiture of these properties to the state.
Based on the available data:
- As of July 1, 2023, there were a total of 334,712 properties with unknown owners registered in the real estate cadastre of the Czech Republic.
- A property is considered to have an insufficiently identified owner if
- a) the owner is entirely unknown, or
- b) the owner cannot be unequivocally identified.
- An insufficiently identified owner who does not want their properties to become state-owned must register them by December 31, 2023.
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SLOVAK WOODEN CHURCHES
Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 11am EST
Our friends at Global Slovakia invite you to a free webinar!
The folk ingenuity at its best is expressed in the picturesque wooden churches of Slovakia. The perfect harmony of the soul with nature still speaks to us today. Whether Protests, Catholic, Greek Catholic, or Orthodox, Slovak wooden churches are breathtakingly beautiful. They have an exceptional worldwide value, which is why they are part of the UNESCO global human heritage.
Some of them were built 5 centuries ago! Others were constructed without a single nail!
Once, there were over 300 wooden churches in Slovakia. Sixty remain for us to admire today.
Join Renata Bricka to learn more about this unique part of the inheritance of our ancestors.
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Česká Katolická Misie in San Francisco |
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Father Libor Svorcik is inviting you to a
Czech mass in San Francisco
Sunday, November 5, 2023 @ 1pm
at the Nativity Church
240 Fell Street, San Francisco
Visit their website to confirm the above information or sign up for their Věstník for
the dates and places of their in-person and virtual mass.
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Sokol San Francisco is a non-profit organization operating as an independent unit of the American Sokol Organization (ASO) and its Pacific District. Sokol SF provides physical, educational, and cultural programs for all who are interested in Czech, Moravian, and Slovak culture and their history, as well as those who are bonded by a common heritage and ethnic identity.
The Sokol credo is “a sound mind in a sound body”
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